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Rest breaks caiulot exceed fifteen minutes, including the tune required to get to and from a <br />rest break area. <br />All employees scheduled to work six or more hours per shift are required to take ahalf- <br />hour, unpaid meal break. <br />Employees may not purposely miss rest breaks in order to accumulate time to leave early <br />at the end of the day; all rest breaks and meal breaks must be taken. <br />Employment of Relatives <br />All employees are hired as the most qualified candidate based on qualifications, skills, and <br />ability. Employment is not restrictedto more than one member of a family (including <br />spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws or other immediate relative). No family member <br />will be hired where: <br />1. One family member would have the authority or practical power to supervise, <br />appoint, remove, or discipline the other; <br />2. One family member would be responsible for auditing the work of the other; <br />Other circumstances exist which would place the family member in a situation of <br />actual or reasonable foreseeable conflict between the city's interests and their own; <br />and <br />4. Where the family member has a relative who is employed by an organization with <br />whom the city has business dealings, and in the city's judgment, considering the <br />position and job responsibilities of both the employee and family member would <br />create an appearance of improper influence or favor or would jeopardize the <br />confidentiality of data maintained by the city. <br />Supplemental Employment <br />Elk River does not restrict employees from engaging in outside employment. However, <br />regular, full-time employees are expected to consider city work their primary employment. <br />Employees may not engage in outside employment that interferes with the performance of <br />one's city duties, that represents a conflict of interest, or that may influence or bias an <br />employee's job related decision malting ability. <br />The city will not adjust work hours to facilitate the scheduling of outside employment. If a <br />supervisor believes an employee's outside employment is detrimental to the city and <br />his/her position, the employee may be asked to discontinue the outside employment. If an <br />employee is asked to discontinue outside employment and fails to do so, s/he may be <br />subject to discipline up to and including termination. <br />